Where does “kuwehòki” come from?

kuwehòki (Unami) comes from Unami hàki, from Proto-Algonquian *askyi.

kuwehòki (Unami): Pineland, a forested landscape occupied predominantly by pine trees

Definitions

  1. Pineland, a forested landscape occupied predominantly by pine trees

Ancestry of “kuwehòki”, step by step

kuwehòki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Unami hàki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamihàkidirt, soil
2Proto-Algonquian*askyi—

via Unami kuwe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamikuwepine tree
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *askyi →Every word from Unami hàki →